• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.141-149
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• 2010

A concern of safety issue for traditional herbal medicine is the possibility of some herbs containing heavy metals responsible for several cases of metal poisoning. In our previous study, the physiological levels of heavy metals, such as Cd, Cu, Hg and Pb, were examined to evaluate a potential risk in patients taking herbal medicine. In this study, the levels of 12 heavy metals, including non-metallic element, Se, were analyzed in hair and compared to the results from the previous study. In the previous study, the levels of Cd, Cu, Hg and Pb in hair showed a significantly lower odds ratio than 1. In this study, however, all metals did not show any significant odds ratio higher or lower than 1 even if 5 of 12 metals showed lower odds ratio than 1. In addition, the levels of metal concentrations, especially for Cu, Fe, Pb and Zn, exceeding the WHO reference values were observed in hair. However, any evidence for metal accumulation in hair caused by taking herbal medicines for long duration was not observed in analysis of multiple regression and odds ratio from case-control study. This result would show another possibility for a role of herbs as a non-enzymatic chelator inhibiting the gastrointestinal absorption of heavy metals.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.478-491
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• 2017

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine whether alcohol drinking patterns (drinking frequency, drinking quantity, binge drinking frequency and risk drinking) were related to obesity and abdominal obesity. Methods: A total of 6,749 adult men from the sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were evaluated. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to determine if obesity and abdominal obesity was associated with alcohol consumption patterns after adjusting for covariates. Results: No relationship was observed between drinking frequency and obesity. The odds ratio vs. nondrinkers for obesity was significantly low for individuals who consumed 5 to 6 drinks per typical occasion and monthly binge drinking. However ${\geq}7$ drinks per typical occasion resulted in a significantly higher odds for obesity relative to nondrinkers. The odds ratio vs. nondrinkers for abdominal obesity was significantly lower in response to monthly binge drinking, whereas ${\geq}10$ drinks per typical occasion and daily binge drinking resulted in significantly higher odds for abdominal obesity. Risk drinking had higher odds for abdominal obesity than non-risk drinking. Conclusion: Although moderate alcohol drinkers have a lower prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity than nondrinkers, higher drinking quantity and frequent binge drinking are indicators of a higher prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in men.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.407-415
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• 2019

본 논문은 아르바이트를 경험한 청소년의 식습관과 건강위험행위의 위험도를 비교 분석하고자 시행되었다. 제13차(2017년) 청소년 건강행태 온라인 자료를 바탕으로 SPSS 24.0을 이용하여 기술통계, 복합표본 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석을 진행하였다. 아르바이트를 경험한 청소년이 경험하지 않은 청소년보다 과일을 섭취하지 않는 비율이 1.20배 (CI: 1.10-1.31) 높았고, 반면에 패스트푸드는 1.28배 (CI: 1.19-1.38) 더 많이 섭취하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 건강위험행위는 현재 흡연의 경우 아르바이트를 경험한 청소년이 경험하지 않은 청소년보다 3.48배(CI: 3.17-3.84), 현재 음주는 3.36배(CI: 3.14-3.96), 고카페인 섭취는 1.11배(CI: 1.04-1.19), 위험 성행동은 2.29배(CI: 2.06-2.55) 더욱 높게 나타났다. 따라서 청소년을 대상으로 보건교육프로그램 개발 시 아르바이트 경험 여부에 따른 식습관과 건강위험행위에 관한 내용이 포함되어야 할 필요가 있다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.161-171
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• 2023

고령 운전자는 다른 연령대에 비해 사망사고 유발 가능성이 높다. 2021년 교통사고 통계에 따르면 고령 운전자 1만 명당 유발한 사망자수가 1.77로 30대 운전자 0.55에 비해 2.67배 높다. 본 연구는 자동긴급제동장치(Automatic Emergency Braking System, AEBS) 설치로 고령 운전자의 추돌사고 유발 가능성을 얼마나 낮출 수 있는지 파악하기 위해 시도되었다. 이를 위해 자동차보험 데이터를 활용하여 자동긴급제동장치가 장착한 차량이 그렇지 않은 차량에 비해 얼마나 추돌사고 발생률이 낮은지 통계적 기법으로 분석하였다. 그 결과 자동긴급제동장치를 장착한 차량과 그렇지 않은 차량의 교통사고 유발 오즈비가 0.75에 그쳐 사고감소 효과가 분명히 있는 것으로 나타났다. 성별로는 남성 운전자가 0.78로 여성 운전자 0.81에 비해 사고감소 효과가 컸다. 연령별로도 65세 이상의 오즈비가 0.76으로 분석되어 교통사고 감소 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 남성 고령운전자가 0.49로 감소효과가 가장 높았다. 향후 고령운전자를 대상으로 자동긴급제동장치 장착 차량을 운전할 경우 보험료 할인 등 혜택을 부여한다면 추돌사고를 예방하는데 도움이 될 것으로 보인다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was to investigate the relations and odds ratio between hs-CRP and the risk factors of metabolic syndrome according to glucose intolerance and diabetes among the residents of a rural community. Methods: The subjects include 1,968 adults aged from 40 to 70 who were divided into four groups and a diabetes group according to glucose intolerance to compare the relations and risk ratio between hs-CRP and the risk factors of metabolic syndrome. Results: The results reveal that the greater the subjects' glucose intolerance was, the higher their hs-CRP became and the more risk factors of metabolic syndrome they had. The impaired glucose tolerance group showed 1.7 times higher blood pressure than the control group. The diabetes group showed a high odds ratio with 2.3 times higher blood pressure, 2.2 times higher abdominal obesity, and 2.4 times higherW/Ht than the control group. And the odds ratio increased significantly by 1.7 times in the hs-CRP intermediate risk group and 2.5 times in the high risk group compared with the control group. Conclusion: Considering the study results, it is very important to monitor abdominal obesity, blood pressure and the intermediate and high risk group of hs-CRP in order to reduce the contraction of cardiovascular diseases.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.83-104
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• 2019

Elevated high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels and metabolic syndrome are considered important predictors of cardiovascular mortality. This study examined the influence of the alcohol consumption level on the hs-CRP level and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in South Koreans. The study subjects were 3,884 participants (${\geq}19$ years) from the KNHANES in 2015. The subjects were divided into four groups according to their alcohol consumption; None (none-alcohol consumption), Low (less than 15 g/day), Medium (15~29.9 g/day), and High (over than 30 g/day). The odds ratio for high-risk hs-CRP of men was significantly lower in the Low or Medium groups compared to the None group. In women, the odds ratio for high-risk hs-CRP was not decreased in the Low or Medium groups but was significantly higher in the High group than in the None group. Compared to nondrinkers, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was lower in the Low group and Medium group in both men and women, whereas it was significantly higher in the High group in men only. In particular, the prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol was lower in all drinking groups. When the confounding factors were adjusted, the odds ratio for low HDL-cholesterol appeared to decline in the Low groups in both men and women. On the other hand, in the Medium group, women showed an elevated odds ratios of high blood pressure (HBP) and high fasting plasma glucose but men showed an elevated odds ratios of HBP and high triglyceride levels. The overall results suggest that low alcohol consumption is more appropriate than medium alcohol consumption. Nevertheless, more study will be needed to evaluate the appropriate alcohol consumption level.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2007

The information of covariates are available to do fully efficient fractional imputation(FEFI). The new method, FEFI with logistic regression is proposed to construct complete contingency tables. Jackknife method is used to get a standard errors of log-odds ratio from the completed table by the new method. Simulation results, when covariates have more information about categorical variables, reveal that the new method provides more efficient estimates of log-odds ratio than either multiple imputation(MI) based on data augmentation or complete case analysis.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.276-290
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• 2013

연구목적: 본 연구는 생애전환기를 맞이한 초기노인을 대상으로 낙상경험과 낙상의 내재적 요인을 성별에 따라 비교하였다. 연구방법: 연구대상자는 2008년 1월부터 12월까지 국민건강보험공단에서 실시한 66세 생애전환기 건강진단검사를 받은 수검자 중 자료가 불충분한 것을 제외한 255,505명을 대상으로 2차분석한 서술적 단면연구이다. 연구결과: 생애전환기를 맞이한 66세 초기노인의 낙상경험은 전체 10.6%로 남자 8.5%, 여자 12.4%로 여성노인이 남성노인에 비해 낙상비율이 높았다. 남녀에서 낙상위험에 영향을 미치는 요인은 배뇨장애 6.2-6.6배, 우울 1.5-1.8배, 보행장애 1.3-1.5배, 및 실명 1.3-1.4배 순서로 나타났다. 연구결론: 비록 내적 낙상위험요인이 다양할지라도 효과적인 낙상예방을 위해서 배뇨장애가 중요한 내재적 예측요인이며, 이는 초기노인의 낙상에 영향을 줄 수 있다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical factors affecting on the cure rate by invasive and open surgery for gastric cancer and to establish a subgroup of patients who can be applied by the early recovery after surgery program through this retrospective analysis. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, we analyzed 425 patients who underwent gastric cancer surgery between January 2011 and December 2011 and were managed with conventional clinical therapies. This clinical algorithm was made when the patient was in minimally invasive surgery group and discharged from hospital one day faster than them in open surgery group. Results: The completion rate of the clinical pathway was 62.4%. Despite the different applications of clinical pathway, completion rate in minimally invasive surgery group was significantly higher than that of open group (P<0.001). In multivariate analysis, the surgical procedure of minimally invasive surgery (odds ratio=4.281) was the most predictable factor to complete clinical pathway. Additionally, younger patients (odds ratio=1.933) who underwent distal gastrectomy (odds ratio=1.999) without combined resection (odds ratio=3.069) were predicted to accomplish the clinical pathway without any modifications. Conclusions: We concluded that high efficacy of the clinical pathway for gastric cancer surgery was expected to selected patients through retrospective analysis (expected completion rate=85.4%). In addition, these patients would become enrolled criteria for early recovery program in gastric cancer surgery.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.465-472
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• 2005

Objectives : The aim of this study was to assess the effect of air pollution on the daily respiratory symptoms of elementary school children in Seoul. Methods : Using the panel study design, we collected diary data for the children's respiratory symptoms during the 1st day$\sim$15th day of April, July, October and December in 2003 among the 2nd and 3rd grade elementary school students. We merged the respiratory symptom data with the ambient air pollution data that was monitored by Ministry of Environment. Using a generalized estimate equation, we evaluated the relationship between the daily symptoms of the subjects and the exposure to ai r pollution after controlling for various potential confounders. Results : The nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure of the current day significantly increased the upper respiratory symptoms (adjusted odds ratio=1.12, 95% CI=1.01-1.24) and the lower respiratory symptoms (adjusted odds ratio=1.18, 95% CI=1.06-1.31) in the elementary school children. The sulfur dioxide (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) exposure in the current day was associated with the lower respiratory symptoms (adjusted odds ratio=1.12, 95% CI=1.01-1.25 for SO2; adjusted odds ratio=1.16, 95% CI=1.02-1.32 for CO). Conclusions : We found that exposure to air pollution affects the daily respiratory symptoms in children. This study suggests that the effect on children's health? due to the short term changes in air pollution levels needs to be considered as an important public health problem.